ROSIE LEE TOMPKINS 1936–2006
Tompkins, who had helped her mother make quilts as a child, began quilting seriously in 1980. She believed God directed her hand and her art. Her abstract, improvisational compositions often held personal significance. Despite being a deeply private person who rarely sold her quilts, more than 500 of her quilts reside at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
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